by Christine | Jun 12, 2012 | Welcome Column
A few months ago I wrote a column about the theory that it takes approximately eight years to become proficient at a musical instrument. The column generated a lot of buzz on the message board. It also generated a lot of sympathy for my own eight year struggle to...
by Christine | Sep 30, 2014 | Welcome Column
If you want to know the latest news on the economic problems, and how Americans are struggling to keep their head above water, don’t look to the CBA website or the Bluegrass Breakdown for answers. As prices for everything from fuel to milk have continued to skyrocket,...
by Christine | Aug 17, 2008 | Welcome Column
If you want to know the latest news on the economic problems, and how Americans are struggling to keep their head above water, don’t look to the CBA website or the Bluegrass Breakdown for answers. As prices for everything from fuel to milk have continued to skyrocket,...
by Christine | Feb 11, 2010 | Welcome Column
Last weekend my band appeared before the Northern California Association of Children’s Librarians in a big room at the Fremont Library. It was the group’s annual showcase of entertainers who are looking for jobs entertaining children at public libraries. We have...
by Christine | Mar 29, 2017 | Welcome Column
My last column ran for just a few hours so here it is again for those of you who missed it a couple of weeks ago:TWO ANECDOTES(Author’s note: My life changed for the better on September 25, 2008 when I got this e mail from Rick Cornish. I had sent Rick a little...
by Christine | Mar 4, 2011 | Welcome Column
Okay, for starters let me acknowledge that, despite the fact that it’s the first Thursday of the month and everyone is primed for reading another thoughtful and layered essay by Nancy Zuniga, it’s just not going to happen. Nancy and Henry have been called out of town...
by Christine | Feb 19, 2013 | Welcome Column
One never knows when the inspiration hits. Maybe listening to a favourite recording or the radio, sometimes watching on television or stage, oftentimes it comes from having a friend or relative who plays. But one day, early or late, the fire to play an instrument is...
by Christine | May 26, 2018 | Welcome Column
I had sorrow walk—no, wait, not walk, but rather race–into my life this spring: A small death of sorts. After weeks of being ill, I ended up in ER and spent a day of being sent from one specialist to another. I could tell by the tone in the...
by Christine | Dec 24, 2014 | Welcome Column
Seems like there’s been a lot of nasty things happening in the news lately. Whether there’s more cruelty in the world, or it’s easier to report with modern media, I don’t know. But any student of history knows that mankind’s capacity and willingness to inflict harm on...
by Christine | Oct 25, 2016 | Welcome Column
There Once Were PeachesI used to pick firm peaches, and they were good ones too.They looked and smelled like peaches, tasted like peaches do.Fruit trees then were greener; soil sweetened by the dew -that was back in Georgia, when I was ten and two.I found a sort...
